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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-4-12
pubmed:abstractText
We have measured the fluorescence spectra of a single fluorophore attached to a single protein molecule in aqueous solution using a total internal reflection fluorescence microscope. The most reactive cysteine residue of myosin subfragment-1 (S1) was labeled with tetramethylrhodamine. The spectral shift induced by a change in solvent from aqueous buffer to methanol in both single-molecule and bulk measurements were similar, indicating that, even at the single molecule level, the fluorescence spectrum is sensitive to microenvironmental changes of fluorophores. The time dependence of the fluorescence spectra of fluorophores attached to S1 molecules solely showed a fluctuation with time over a time scale of seconds. Because the fluorescence spectra of the same fluorophores directly conjugated to a glass surface remained constant, the spectral fluctuation observed for the fluorophores attached to S1 is most likely due to slow spontaneous conformational changes in the S1 molecule. Thus, single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy appears to be a powerful tool to study the dynamic behavior of single biomolecules.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0006-3495
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
78
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1561-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Spectral fluctuation of a single fluorophore conjugated to a protein molecule.
pubmed:affiliation
Single Molecule Processes Project, International Cooperative Research Project, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, 2-4-14 Senba-higashi, Mino, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article